State roster

Top names in Massachusetts

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Massachusetts birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 99,938 Massachusetts births in 1952 across 805 distinct names.

Distinctively Massachusetts

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Massachusetts more than they say America.

#78Claireoutside the national top 200
#62Dana#183 nationally
#70Gerard#184 nationally
#91Edmundoutside the national top 200
#97Denisoutside the national top 200
#88Roland#187 nationally
#78Leo#171 nationally
#96Pauline#186 nationally
#70Lynne#150 nationally
#65Jonathan#139 nationally
#80Marc#153 nationally
#98Karl#170 nationally

Girls

#1Susan1,880US #5
#2Linda1,828US #1
#3Mary1,772US #2
#4Patricia1,716US #3
#5Deborah1,450US #4
#6Kathleen1,382US #11
#7Nancy1,274US #7
#8Donna1,158US #13
#9Karen1,020US #8
#10Diane1,004US #16
#11Barbara977US #6
#12Christine926US #20
#13Carol904US #12
#14Elizabeth703US #22
#15Judith694US #25
#16Denise650US #33
#17Sandra648US #10
#18Cynthia626US #18
#19Janet616US #19
#20Gail611US #39
#21Margaret590US #21
#22Joan589US #37
#23Ann574US #45
#24Debra554US #9
#25Paula529US #47
#26Janice514US #23
#27Joanne509US #78
#28Pamela494US #17
#29Maureen484US #94
#30Sharon469US #14
#31Jane459US #42
#32Cheryl451US #31
#33Anne413US #79
#34Catherine411US #34
#35Elaine376US #73
#36Jean376US #50
#37Joyce351US #27
#38Ellen334US #70
#39Marie281US #82
#40Marilyn255US #38
#41Martha246US #40
#42Eileen244US #100
#43Beverly235US #35
#44Dorothy232US #46
#45Jeanne232US #98
#46Dianne228US #96
#47Sheila226US #64
#48Suzanne224US #84
#49Theresa213US #60
#50Virginia203US #49
#51Carolyn202US #24
#52Brenda200US #15
#53Katherine196US #59
#54Bonnie191US #41
#55Wendy189US #105
#56Helen188US #63
#57Marcia186US #80
#58Ruth185US #57
#59Frances180US #67
#60Roberta179US #88
#61Lorraine173US #109
#62Louise165US #122
#63Jo163US #55
#64Kathryn163US #48
#65Leslie163US #104
#66Andrea160US #132
#67Rita160US #66
#68Laura158US #53
#69Jacqueline150US #58
#70Lynne149US #150
#71Shirley147US #28
#72Laurie141US #115
#73Michele137US #110
#74Rosemary135US #130
#75Valerie135US #87
#76Lois127US #86
#77Marjorie127US #141
#78Claire126
#79Rose126US #62
#80Michelle121US #124
#81Sally121US #81
#82Charlene120US #106
#83Lisa119US #126
#84Lynn116US #71
#85Maria115US #72
#86Darlene113US #77
#87June113US #148
#88Kathy111US #29
#89Alice110US #69
#90Marsha110US #75
#91Joann109US #116
#92Robin104US #102
#93Cathy100US #56
#94Gayle99US #135
#95Gloria99US #36
#96Pauline99US #186
#97Phyllis99US #65
#98Geraldine98US #119
#99Irene98US #121
#100Judy97US #26

Boys

#1Robert3,410US #2
#2John3,389US #3
#3Richard2,557US #7
#4Michael2,434US #4
#5David2,315US #5
#6James2,268US #1
#7William2,151US #6
#8Paul1,848US #19
#9Thomas1,615US #8
#10Stephen1,522US #21
#11Joseph1,308US #12
#12Steven928US #11
#13Peter922US #36
#14Edward904US #23
#15Charles887US #9
#16Mark871US #17
#17Gary803US #10
#18Daniel789US #20
#19Donald781US #13
#20Kenneth757US #16
#21Dennis722US #18
#22George672US #22
#23Ronald657US #15
#24Bruce578US #25
#25Kevin578US #43
#26Brian427US #64
#27Francis409US #89
#28Raymond409US #33
#29Alan385US #42
#30Wayne385US #38
#31Anthony383US #34
#32Lawrence359US #35
#33Philip353US #60
#34Jeffrey352US #31
#35Douglas311US #28
#36Arthur305US #47
#37Frank303US #32
#38Christopher287US #57
#39Gerald285US #39
#40Roger267US #30
#41Frederick266US #76
#42Timothy247US #27
#43Walter244US #44
#44Gregory220US #24
#45Russell212US #70
#46Scott209US #54
#47Barry200US #69
#48Albert190US #66
#49Ralph190US #56
#50Leonard184US #83
#51Andrew176US #68
#52Patrick174US #37
#53Henry166US #50
#54Carl160US #45
#55Glenn152US #61
#56Stanley144US #58
#57Louis142US #79
#58Norman140US #96
#59Alfred138US #104
#60Eric137US #88
#61Martin136US #80
#62Dana130US #183
#63Vincent127US #101
#64Craig124US #59
#65Jonathan122US #139
#66Keith121US #49
#67Eugene118US #71
#68Harold112US #51
#69Howard108US #73
#70Gerard104US #184
#71Allen101US #78
#72Theodore101US #100
#73Warren100US #117
#74Bernard97US #111
#75Nicholas96US #127
#76Harry94US #75
#77Larry93US #14
#78Leo92US #171
#79Ernest90US #87
#80Marc89US #153
#81Neil86US #147
#82Roy83US #55
#83Allan80US #146
#84Jay80US #106
#85Lee73US #92
#86Gordon71US #110
#87Fred68US #90
#88Roland68US #187
#89Matthew65US #142
#90Dale64US #46
#91Edmund64
#92Phillip64US #74
#93Clifford63US #99
#94Dean63US #103
#95Edwin62US #118
#96Randall62US #63
#97Denis57
#98Karl57US #170
#99Joel56US #132
#100Herbert54US #115

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑33Jo#63
↑26Laurie#72
↑18Michele#73
↑16Andrea#66
↑14Debra#24
↑14Scott#46
↑14Keith#66
↑14Allen#71

Falling

↓26Phyllis#97
↓20Irene#99
↓20Leo#78
↓17Alice#89
↓14Robin#92
↓14Ernest#79
↓13Roland#88
↓13Herbert#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.